On Some Critical Issues of the LAGEOS-Based Tests of the Lense-Thirring Effect
arXiv:1104.4464 · doi:10.4236/jmp.2011.24029
Abstract
We summarize some critical issues pertaining the tests of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect performed by I. Ciufolini and coworkers in the gravitational field of the Earth with the geodetic satellites LAGEOS and LAGEOS II tracked with the Satellite Laser Ranging technique.
arXiv commentLatex2e, 14 pages, no figures, no tables, 67 references. I thank M. Cerdonio for private communication (September 2010)
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